Business Analyst (London) recruitment
Company Profile
Founded in 1997, Calypso Technology is a rapidly growing, profitable, privately held company, which provides leading edge software solutions to the global financial services industry. Our company was built and funded without venture capital investment, is debt-free, cash positive, and well positioned in the competitive marketplace. Calypso provides a single turnkey Java-based platform for trading, trade processing, and provides real-time, event-driven processing that enables global financial institutions to provide integrated solutions across all asset classes, from foreign exchange and equities to fixed income and credit derivatives. Calypso provides software solutions to many of the premiere financial institutions world-wide including Citigroup, Dresdner Bank, HSBC, ING, Royal Bank of Scotland, Wachovia, Bear Stearns, Sumitomo Trust, BNP Paribas, Barclays Global Investors and Wells Fargo. In addition to our headquarters in San Francisco, our 300+ person global workforce is strategically located in New York, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Sydney, Singapore, Tokyo and South Africa. Our global presence offers international exposure, experience and travel for many of our employment positions. The London office is located in the City of London. Job Description OverviewWe are seeking a Business Analyst for the Risk Development team. This is a tremendous opportunity to contribute to the development and rollout of the Risk product and requires someone with the strong motivation and desire to work in a challenging environment. The role requires good product knowledge of derivatives products and familiarity with either Market Risk (Value-at-Risk, Back-testing, Stress Testing and Sensitivities) or Credit Risk (Exposure, Limits, Capital). Responsibilities
- Create specifications for enhancements and test the enhancements correctly.
- Review documentation provided by customers on enhancements, communicate with these customers to clarify any ambiguities and create specifications for development.
- Work with professional services personnel and customers to ensure the product meets their requirements.
- Assist in the replication, reporting and providing test cases of customer reported bugs.
- Work with developers to clarify enhancement requests and fixes, create and run acceptance tests to verify the implementation.
- Be able to present and demonstrate the Risk module to customers, prospects and third parties.
- Advocate for new product feature enhancements.
- Create product documentation and marketing collateral for pre-sales, sales, customers and prospects as required.
Skills Requirements:
- B.S - Master in Business/Finance or Technical field
- Must have between 3-5 years experience working within the banking/financial industry at either an investment bank, commercial bank, software vendor or consultancy.
- Good knowledge of derivative products in two or more of the following; equity, commodity, interest rate, credit, or foreign exchange
- Experience of Market Risk or Credit Risk
- Experience of testing risk numbers, reconciling to spreadsheets and investigating and explaining differences
- Exposure to Risk for Asset Managers, Hedge Funds, Banks
- Qualitative Analysis Skills
- Business Analysis Skills
- Good Mathematical or Analytical Background
- Excel and SQL
- Must be able to work independently
- Must be a fast learner, self-motivated, team player, and collaborator
- Strong problem solving skills
- Good oral and written communication skills are essential
BenefitsCalypso offers career development opportunities and a competitive compensation package, which includes a discretionary performance-based bonus and a comprehensive benefits package.Calypso Technology is an equal opportunity employee (EOE) and strongly supports diversity in the workforce.